Psychology

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More than any other psychology textbook, Don and Sandra Hockenbury'sPsychologyrelates the science of psychology to the lives of the wide range of students taking the introductory course. NowPsychologyreturns in a remarkable new edition that shows just how well-attuned the Hockenburys are to the needs of today's students and instructors.Psychologybegan with a basic idea: combine scientific authority with a narrative that engages students and relates to their lives. From decades of experience teaching, the Hockenburys created a book filled with cutting-edge science and real-life stories that draw students of all kinds into the course.

Introduction and Research

Methods

Prologue: Miracle Magnets?

Introduction: The Origins of Psychology Contemporary

Psychology Culture and Human Behavior

What Is Cross-Cultural Psychology

The Scientific Method Critical Thinking

What Is Critical Thinking?

Descriptive Research Methods Science Versus Pseudoscience

What Is a Pseudoscience?

The Experimental Method Focus on Neuroscience

Psychological Research Using Brain

Imaging Ethics in Psychological Research

In Focus

Questions About the Use of Animals in Psychological Research

Closing Thoughts Application

Psychology in the Media

Becoming an Informed Consumer

Neuroscience and Behavior

Prologue

Asha’s Story

Introduction

Neuroscience and Behavior

The Neuron

The Basic Unit of Communication

The Nervous System and the Endocrine

System

Communication Throughout the Body

A Guided Tour of the Brain Focus on Neuroscience

Is Runner’s High an Endorphine Rush?

Science Versus Pseudoscience

Phrenology

The Bumpy Road to Scientific Progress Focus on Neuroscience

Juggling and Brain Plasticity

In Focus

The Curious Case of Phineas

Gage Specialization in the Cerebral Hemispheres Critical Thinking

"His" and "Her" Brains Science Versus Pseudoscience

Brain Myths Closing Thoughts Application

Pumping Neurons

Maximizing Your Brain’s Potential

Sensation and PerceptionPrologue

Learning to See Introduction

What Are Sensation and Perception?

Science Versus Pseudoscience

Subliminal Perception Vision

From Light to Sight Focus on Neuroscience

Vision, Experience, and the Brain Hearing

From Vibration to Sound The Chemical and Body Senses

Smell, Taste, Touch, and Position

In Focus

Do Pheromones Influence Human Behavior?

Perception Culture and Human Behavior

Ways of Seeing Critical Thinking

ESP

Can Perception Occur Without Sensation?

Perceptual Illusions

The Effects of Experience on Perceptual Interpretations Culture and Human Behavior

Culture and the Müller-Lyer Illusion

The Carpentered-World

Hypothesis Closing Thoughts Application

Strategies to Control Pain

Consciousness and Its Variations

Prologue

Even in Good Men Introduction

Consciousness

Experiencing the "Private I"

Biological and Environmental "Clocks" That Regulate Consciousness Sleep In Focus

What You Really Want to Know About Sleep Dreams and Mental Activity During Sleep Focus on Neuroscience